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NCIS Homework

NCIS Homework

The Teen drama that I analysed was Waterloo Road.

Narrative-

I think that Waterloo Road will include storylines to do with issues raised in schools such as teenage relationships, studying, family problems and teacher and pupil relationships. This programme attracts teenagers because they can relate to some of the issues in the programme and they can relate to the lives of the characters as they are teenagers. There are some hybrids in this programme such as action and romance.

Characters-

In this teen drama, you meet secondary school pupils. You also meet teachers, parents and people from the local community.  You meet a range of characters in the programme, some who are calm, some troublemakers and some who are going through family problems or have personal issues. The central characters are introduced at the beginning of the series and they all have different personalities. The central characters are introduced whilst the programme and storyline is going on. There are some stereotypical characters in this team drama, for example there is a boy and girl going through relationship problems. There are teenage troublemakers and girls who are obsessed with fashion. They have these stereotypical characters so that people can recognise and relate to them.

Setting-

The setting of the programme is a large secondary school in Scotland. This tells us that it is a school drama and it will be based around the pupils, teachers and local community. This appeals to the primary audience as they know what it feels like to be in a secondary school and it is realistic. The school looks like an average secondary school so this means that lots of people can relate.

Iconography-

You can see that the pupils are all wearing school uniform; this shows that it is a teen drama that is set in a school. You can hear lots of young people talking in slang this shows the teenage audience that they are like them. The audience it is aimed at is teenagers in secondary school. Students bring in knives and weapons so this could be from horror or action as well. There are also some things that relate to romance.

Audience-

The programme appeals to teenagers who are in secondary school and may be going through troubled times. I think that parents and teachers would be a secondary audience because they are also a part of the lives of teenagers and they might want to know what goes on in schools.

Primary audience profile-

Age- 11-18

All ethnicities because it is a multi cultural school.

Both girls and boys.

It I for both sexuality because there are some gay and lesbian pupils in the school.